History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"The personal stories of ordinary people are the most important history."
Larry Kramer
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"History is written by survivors who refuse to be silenced."
Larry Kramer
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"Memory and testimony are acts of defiance against erasure."
Larry Kramer
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"Our stories need to be told and remembered."
Marsha P. Johnson
"History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day."
Bayard Rustin
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"The streets raised me when nobody else would."
Sylvia Rivera
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"History belongs to those brave enough to make it."
Sylvia Rivera
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"History will remember those who fought for the forgotten."
Sylvia Rivera
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"History repeats not because we forget, but because we fail to listen."
Tim Gill
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"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
Coretta Scott King
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"History will judge us by our actions today."
Coretta Scott King
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"History is made by those brave enough to challenge it."
Marsha P. Johnson
"History teaches us that change is always possible."
Al Sharpton
"History is a teacher for those willing to listen."
Al Sharpton
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"History will judge us by what we did in this moment."
Larry Kramer
"History will judge us by what we did when we knew the truth."
Bayard Rustin
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"The queer community needs to remember where we came from."
Sylvia Rivera
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"History is written by the ones who survive."
Sylvia Rivera
"We cannot build a better future if we remain trapped by the mistakes of our past."
Al Sharpton
"History teaches us that change is possible when people unite around a shared vision."
Al Sharpton
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"History is written by those in power, but we'll write our own truth."
Marsha P. Johnson
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"History judges us by our treatment of the vulnerable."
James Reeb
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"History will ask what we did when it mattered most."
James Reeb
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"History teaches us lessons we must not forget."
Coretta Scott King
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"We inherit both the sins and achievements of history."
Coretta Scott King
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"I am a daughter of the American Revolution."
Fannie Lou Hamer
"I think we are going to have to face up to the fact that either the United States or the Soviet Union was going to be the victorious power at the end of World War II and that Britain was on the decline."
Bayard Rustin
"We cannot build a better future if we refuse to acknowledge the mistakes of our past."
Al Sharpton
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"History will remember us not as victims, but as warriors who loved fiercely."
Marsha P. Johnson
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"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
Michael Schwerner